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ahuilquixtia.

Headword: 
ahuilquixtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to use one's position for bad intent, not doing what one should be doing; or, to sell one´s belongings to raise cash (see Molina and Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
auilquixtia
IPAspelling: 
ɑːwilkiːʃtiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

auilquixtia. nitla. (pret. onitlauilquixti.) vsar mal de su officio, no haziendo el deuer.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

auilquixtia. nin. (pret. oninauilquixti.) infamarse o apocarse.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

auilquixtia. nite. (pret. oniteauilquixti.) infamar o apocar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĀHUILQUĪXTIĀ vrefl,vt to diminish oneself by misuse of office or property; to sell one´s belongings to raise cash / infamarse o apocarse (M), lo saca (de la casa) para venderlo aunque sea barato para tener dinero (T) See ĀHUIY(A), QUĪZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 8.

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